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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 through 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sharpe think as he watches Farthington's preparations?
(a) There isn't enough food for a Christmas dinner.
(b) Farthingdale should not leave.
(c) It is to noisy outside.
(d) Something is terrible amiss.

2. What does Sharpe urge to Farthingdale?
(a) To stay in the proximity of the convent.
(b) Caution and restraint.
(c) Nothing.
(d) To attack the castle.

3. What does Farthingdale decide to do when the convent is attacked?
(a) Wait and see what Sharpe does.
(b) Go out the tunnel in the basement.
(c) Hide in the basement.
(d) Launch a counterattack.

4. What are the soldiers doing while Sharpe surveys the convent?
(a) Eating.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Cleaning their weapons.
(d) Celebrating.

5. Where has Sharpe seen Lady Farthingdale before?
(a) In Madrid.
(b) In Lisbon.
(c) In London.
(d) In Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Sharpe decides needs to be done in an assault on Andrados?

2. Why doesn't Lord Farthingdale marry Josefina?

3. What do Sharpe and Harper look at when surveying the convent?

4. What is being done to a woman with a hot iron?

5. Why is Colonel Dubreton at Andrados?

(see the answer key)

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